considering he's missed a significant part of the season due to a tired arm already, I think it definitely is a health issue and they're trying to keep Schilling from pitching as few needless innings as possible
At Fenway, Dice-K is 8-4 with a 4.86 ERA. On the road, he is 7-8 with a 4.02 ERA. Not sure I agree with this but the good news is, he'll pitch on 6 days rest and the more rest he gets between starts, the better he pitches
im guessing its so he gets as many ABs in as possible before the playoffs.
and I'd rather play Anaheim anyway. Although the travel sucks, we seem to own their pitching staff.
3 game lead with 5 games to go. as I remember Bob Cole saying when broadcasting the Canada vs. USA Men's Olympic hockey gold medal game in 2002, "surely, that's gotta be it"